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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to increase
pressure on legislators to renew the USA Patriot Act and warned
that letting the measure expire would hurt law enforcement
efforts against terrorism. The U.S.

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional negotiators
announced a White House-backed deal on Thursday to extend the
USA Patriot Act, a centerpiece of President George W. Bush's
war on terrorism, but opponents said it did not satisfy their
civil liberties concerns.

By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seeking to prevent debate from
getting "out of hand," the chairman of the Senate Judiciary
urged on Friday that judgment over Supreme Court nominee Samuel
Alito be withheld until he testifies next month on abortion and
other issues.

By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of six senators
vowed on Thursday to oppose renewal of the anti-terror Patriot
Act unless a tentative accord drafted by Republican-led
negotiators was changed to provide greater protections of civil
liberties.

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting's former chief e-mailed White House strategist
Karl Rove, "bragging" about a push for conservative programming
on U.S. public television, the CPB's inspector general said on
Thursday.

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief sponsors of a Senate bill
threatening China with a 27.5 percent tariff on its exports to
the United States said on Wednesday they would delay a promised
vote on the bill until March 31 at the latest. Sen.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief sponsors of a U.S. Senate
bill threatening China with a 27.5 percent tariff on its
exports to the United States said on Wednesday they would delay
a promised vote on the bill until March 31 at the latest. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said he and Sen.

Republicans in the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday they were moving ahead with legislation that would speed up executions in the United States by limiting the ability of those sentenced to death to appeal to federal courts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Budget Committee leaders are
seeking to further delay action on legislation to create a $140
billion fund to compensate asbestos victims, saying in a letter
released on Tuesday that they are worried the program could run
short of money.

By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Republicans, stung by
election defeats last week, acknowledged political problems on
Sunday but rejected predictions that Democrats would win back
control of the U.S. Congress next year.

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